Medical Definition of analytic. 1  1: of or relating to analysis; especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements. 2  2: psychoanalytic.
Umbilical arterial (UA) Doppler assessment is used in surveillance of fetal well-being in the third trimester of pregnancy. Abnormal umbilical artery Doppler is a marker of uteroplacental insufficiency and consequent intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) or suspected pre-eclampsia.
In summary, umbilical cord blood pH and gas values should be obtained in high-risk deliveries and whenever newborn depression occurs. This is important because umbilical cord blood gas analysis may assist with clinical management and will exclude the diagnosis of birth asphyxia in about 80% of depressed newborns.